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dock items not opening

When I attempt to open an app from the dock they do not open and I have to open Activity manager to delete and then they open.

I believe there is something wrong that needs to be fixed and that quick-fix is not the answer.

I have a late-2015 iMac running Monterey version 12.4.

iMac 27″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 7, 2022 3:05 PM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2022 4:41 PM

hedfelt384 wrote:
I believe there is something wrong that needs to be fixed and that quick-fix is not the answer.

Here are two more "quick-fix" options:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. How to use safe mode on your Mac.


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Jun 14, 2022 10:51 AM in response to hedfelt384

The same thing is happening to me with Monterey 12.4 on a Intel Mac Mini. Reboot will "fix" this problem temporarily but both rebooting and Safe Booting are NOT fixes, just Band-Aids. The problem comes back randomly at another boot up. It is VERY annoying. I have had this problem for over a couple of minor updates and it is still there. I have to go through the whole boot sequence to get to the point where I click on an app to find it is not working. I relaunch the Finder app and it doesn't fix it.

dock items not opening

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